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Entrepreneur’s Job is Putting Together the Right Team

Posted in business, entrepreneur, management, tagged , , , on December 16, 2009 | 4 Comments »

As an entrepreneur of a startup company, I imagine myself as a general manager of a professional baseball team. My main job is putting together the RIGHT team.
Many think an entrepreneur’s first task is to come up with a killer concept. Yet, it’s been said many times that  ”ideas” can be a dime a dozen, [...]

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Simple Risk-Aversion Test to See if You can Make it as an Entrepreneur

Posted in business, entrepreneur, tagged , , , , , on November 20, 2009 | 6 Comments »

Often I meet people who tell me about their dreams to start their own business. They don’t want to work for the man all their lives. They ask me what it takes to start your own business.
It’s a difficult question to answer because there are so many elements to being an entrepreneur. First, you need [...]

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Get in the Zone, And Stay There

Posted in business, entrepreneur, tagged , , , on July 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Have you ever been in a zone?
Athletes talk about it all the time, when everything slows down, their confidence peaks, and they are in complete control. I’ve actually experienced this a few times playing basketball when I just knew that I could get a step on an opponent, shoot, and know that the ball [...]

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Maneuvering Through Opportunities & Traffic in Vietnam

Posted in business, entrepreneur, tagged , , , , , on July 16, 2009 | 3 Comments »

I hold on tightly behind my brother as he deftly maneuvers his scooter through the seemingly chaotic traffic of Ho Chi Minh City.
At first, watching hordes of cars and scooters sharing the streets and avoiding each other without apparent defined rules can be both astonishing and terrifying. But from the back seat of Paul’s scooter, [...]

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Live Your Passion, Integrate Your Life

Posted in entrepreneur, lifehacks, tagged , , on July 7, 2009 | 2 Comments »

For me, work and personal life mostly overlap.
I don’t work 9 to 5. Sometimes, I’m golfing in the morning and working at night. Other times, I’m at happy hour with colleagues by 4 pm, then head home to answer work emails. I’m not so atypical, as many people enjoy the same flexible work environment.
My industry [...]

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Valuing A Start-Up Company

Posted in business, entrepreneur, tagged , , , , on June 24, 2009 | 2 Comments »

How does one value a start-up company?
Some do it from comps (comparable companies) and then discount for the many risks as a start-up. Some look at projected financials or maybe market share. Some calculate the amount of unpaid labor that may be required by founders and try to value the company that way. Some [...]

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Picking the Right Team for Your Startup

Posted in business, entrepreneur, tagged , , , , on June 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

When starting a new venture, everything begins with picking the right team. That is something heavily on my mind right now as I am about to launch a new company.
In “Good to Great”, the book clearly found empirical evidence showing that the team is more important than the vision or idea. The reasoning is that [...]

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Seth Godin Explains the Difference Between Content & Process

Posted in business, tagged , , , on February 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Meet Seth Godin,  one of my favorite marketing authors and bloggers.  In a recent blog post, Seth explained the difference between process and content.  He challenged people to know what they are good at realtive to process skills and content knowledge when looking for a new gig.
He explained that your process skills (emotional intelligence skills you [...]

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TA McCann Leads GIST Into The Market

Posted in business, entrepreneur, tagged , , , , , , , , on October 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Meet T.A. McCann, the CEO of GIST.  Recently, T.A. and Gist have been featured across the media as the company beta launched its web-based service that connects your inbox to the web.  MeetKendall called GIST “Linkedin on Steroids“. 
Basically, GIST scours the internet for information about your contacts and their companies and brings it back in [...]

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Josiah Johnson Starts Job Mob

Posted in People, business, entrepreneur, tagged , , , , , , on October 7, 2008 | 3 Comments »

 
 
Meet Josiah Johnson, a man about town y’all!  Josiah is one of those cool persons that everyone wants to befriend.  He knows, so it seems, e-v-e-r-y-o-n-e.  At least, he knows anyone who went to Western Washington University and now lives in the greater Seattle area.
Josiah is the consummate networker, which has made him an effective [...]

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